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Nathan Alspaugh
822 PointsI lost my wordpress account log in info
So I was going through the tutorial to set up a wordpress site and when it got time to delete the email and password and replace it with your own my other hand accidently hit the download. So I downloaded it and now can't get in because I don't know the email and password they had. Is there anything I can do?
3 Answers
Jimmy Smutek
Python Web Development Techdegree Student 6,629 PointsHey Nathan, assuming you at least remember what the user name is then there's a number of ways to reset the password. The easiest are probably via phpmyadmin or by editing your themes functions.php file.
Have a look at this article on the codex - http://codex.wordpress.org/Resetting_Your_Password
Nathan Alspaugh
822 PointsThe only thing I got a glimpse of was the email and the only thing I can remember is that it said admin. Am I pooped out of luck? /:
Dustin Matlock
33,856 Points* Go to your WordPress Login page (something like http://yoursite.com/wordpress/wp-login.php)
* Click on lost password
* You will be taken to a page to put in some details. Enter your user name and the email address on file for that account.
* Wait happily as your new password is emailed to you.
* Once you get your new password, login and change it to something you can remember on your profile page.
edit: Try the method Jimmy recommended since you don't know the email!